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November 2014

Jasmine Budak investigates the anti-vaccine movement; Andrew Cohen revisits the diaries of Ambassador Charles Ritchie; Larry Towell explores Attawapiskat in a visual essay, with accompanying text by Louise Bernice Halfe; Lynn Cunningham on the struggle to quit smoking; poetry by Carmine Starnino…

A child's silhouette, composed of small red dots that resemble measles or chicken pox, walks through an empty neighbourhood trailing germs.
Feature / November 2014

How the Anti-vax Movement Harms Us All

November 27, 2014June 18, 2020 - by Jasmine Budak

Why measles made a comeback in a country with high immunization rates

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Illustration by Nolan Pelletier
November 2014 / Sports

Girls on Ice

November 4, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Anna Maxymiw

In praise of ringette

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Feature / November 2014

Down and Out in Camelot

November 3, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Andrew Cohen

Fifteen months after JFK’s inauguration, Ambassador Charles Ritchie arrived in Washington. As his diaries reveal, his timing could not have been worse

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Illustration by Ethan Rilly
Comics / November 2014

Solidarity Forever

October 30, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Jeet Heer

This appeared in the November 2014 issue.

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Photograph by Bryan Scott
Arts & Culture / November 2014

Faulty Tower

October 29, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Adele Weder

The Canadian Museum for Human Rights as tourist trap, failed memorial, and white elephant

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Illustration by Nolan Pelletier
November 2014 / Society

The Hunt Revisited

October 28, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Lisa Gregoire

Greenpeace makes nice with Inuit communities

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A drawing of a person laying on a bed
November 2014 / Poetry

Grizzly Hunter, Dawson City

October 23, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Carmine Starnino

A species apart, snaggle-toothed, speech full of spitty hisses. Horse-faced with a hangover, half out his mind. Gnarl-knuckled, forearms bark-thick with scabs. Laugh, a barking dog frenzied on a chain. …

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Illustration by Alëna Skarina
Memoir / November 2014

Giving Up the Ghost

October 22, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Lynn Cunningham

When it comes to quitting smoking, you’re on your own

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A drawing of someone holding a baby and a purse with a rainbow button on it. A hand is touching her shoulder.
Books / November 2014

Queerer Than Fiction

October 21, 2014April 13, 2020 - by Zoe Whittall

Ann-Marie MacDonald confronts publishing’s lavender ceiling

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An apple, glasses and a pencil
Education / November 2014

The Education of Omar Khadr

October 20, 2014January 16, 2020 - by Omar Mouallem

A student and teacher cultivate an unlikely friendship

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